Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally

Allendale Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 34003001001 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,334

In Allendale in Bergen County, census tract 34003001001 scores 6.6/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #9,646 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

73% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 66% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $156,191 a year. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

1.4

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 5% Owners 82%

Tract context

Occupied units1,079

Renter share17.5%

SVI overall0.30

Poverty rate4.0%

Median income$156,191

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Allendale and the region

Centroid at 41.0362, -74.1255 · click any tract to drill in

Why Allendale scores 1.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Allendale

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

4.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Allendale

8.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Allendale

5.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Allendale

5.3

How Allendale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

9%Socioeconomic
56%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
56%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

11%Grade A
0%Grade B
47%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

5.9%Housing insecurity
3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
6.2%Food insecurity
3.1%SNAP enrollment
3.9%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
12.3%Frequent mental distress
19.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Allendale

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Allendale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bergen County average of 6.3 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 34003001001

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003001001?

Census tract 34003001001 in Allendale scores 1.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003001001?

4.0% of residents in tract 34003001001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,334.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003001001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 56th, minority 40th, housing 56th.

What share of households in tract 34003001001 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34003001001 compare to Allendale overall?

Tract 34003001001 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Allendale at 7.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Allendale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 34003001001 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Allendale

Top eight tracts in Allendale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.